The micromammals from the Early/Middle Miocene locality of Antonios,Chalkidiki, Greece

The micromammals from the locality Antonios, North Greece, are studied in detail. This assemblage includes one bat, three insectivores, eight rodents and two lagomorphs. The age of the locality, as inferred on the basis of the micromammals, is Early–Middle Miocene (MN 4–MN 5 boundary interval). The represented taxa show European as well as Asian affinities.     

辽宁桓仁南山地点的石制品

辽宁桓仁南山旧石器地点发现于2011年4月,共获得石制品60件。石制品原料多为角岩和石英砂岩,采用锤击法剥片。石制品类型包括石核、石片、工具和断块。工具以片状毛坯为主,主要采用硬锤修理。南山地点发现的个别石叶和桂叶形尖状器在辽宁地区较为罕见。推测此地点的年代为旧石器晚期。     

New species of Triaplidae from the Babii Kamen’ locality (Kuznetsk Basin)

The earliest known member of the family Triaplidae (Coleoptera) is described from the Babii Kamen’ locality (Kuznetsk Basin). The assemblage of fossil beetles found in the terminal Permian and basal Triassic deposits are discussed.     

Remains of sea turtles from the Ikovo locality (Lugansk Region, Ukraine; Middle Eocene)

Fragmentary remains of sea turtles (Cheloniidae sensu lato: Argillochelys sp., Puppigerus nessovi Averianov, 2005, and Cheloniidae gen. indet.) from the Ikovo locality (Lugansk Region, Ukraine; Lower Lutetian, Middle Eocene) are described. The genera Argillochelys and Puppigerus are recorded for the first time in Eastern Europe. The turtle assemblage from Ikovo is similar at the generic level to West European assemblages (Belgium, Great Britain) of approximately the same age (Lower-Middle Eocene). In the presence of P. nessovi, the Ikovo assemblage is similar to that from the Middle Eocene Dzheroi 2 locality (Uzbekistan).     

A RE-EVALUATION OF SPHENACODONTID SYNAPSID MATERIAL FROM THE LOWER PERMIAN FISSURE FILLS NEAR RICHARDS SPUR, OKLAHOMA

Abstract:  Early Permian terrestrial vertebrate faunal assemblages of Laurasia are dominated by large ophiacodontid, sphenacodontid, and edaphosaurid synapsids. This pattern contrasts with the fauna recovered from the Early Permian fissure fill deposits near Richards Spur, Oklahoma, where derived nontherapsid synapsids are rare. The fragmentary remains of Thrausmosaurus serratidens constitute the only published report of Sphenacodontidae from this locality. Here, we re-evaluate T. serratidens in light of new information on the faunal assemblage of this locality. We confirm that the type material of T. serratidens cannot be assigned to Sphenacodontidae and conclude that it pertains to an indeterminate varanopid. We also describe new material, including a partial maxilla, several isolated jaw fragments with teeth, an isolated precaniniform tooth and a posterior cervical vertebra that represents unequivocal sphenacodontid remains from the Richards Spur assemblage. This material is the first definitive record of a eupelycosaurian synapsid other than a varanopid from this important locality. Faunal similarities between Richards Spur and the Bromacker Quarry, Germany, may be reflective of upland terrestrial communities during the Early Permian.     

On the finding of ornithomimid dinosaurs (Saurischia, Ornithomimosauria) in the Upper Cretaceous beds of Tajikistan

Fragmentary remains of ornithomimids (Ornithomimidae indet.) from the Lower Santonian (Upper Cretaceous) Kansai locality in northwestern Fergana (Tajikistan) are described, and the composition of its dinosaurian assemblage is updated.     

A new charophyte species from the Upper Oligocene of western Mongolia (Shine Us locality)

An assemblage of charophyte algae from the Upper Oligocene Beger Formation in the Shine Us locality (Mongolia) is characterized and a new species, Charites badamica, is described.     

山东省蒙阴县园艺场旧石器地点调查简报

园艺场旧石器地点发现于2016年6月,次年5月复查。文化层埋藏于蒙阴县蒙阴街道办、东汶河南岸低山冲沟西北面的阶地中,在夹杂角砾的浅黄色砂质黏土层中及地表发现石制品43件,包括石核、石片、石器、断块和残片。石料均采自附近河流阶地底部砾石层。剥片与石器修理均采用硬锤锤击法;石制品为小型和中型;石器包括刮削器和凹缺刮器2类,加工方向颇具特色,多为反向及转向;刮削器是主要类型。地貌与地层对比可知,石制品埋藏于上更新统地层中,推测遗址时代大致为晚更新世晚期。     

丹江口库区贾湾1号地点发现的石制品

丹江口库区贾湾1号旧石器地点位于河南省淅川县盛湾镇贾湾村,埋藏于丹江右岸第三级基座阶地前缘的红色黏土层中。2011年4-5月对该地点进行抢救性发掘,揭露面积1000m2,共获得750件石制品(发掘527件,采集223件)。石制品组合包括石核类、修理类、废片类和石锤等,以废片类为主体。石制品以阶地底部砾石为原料,以小型和中型者居多;剥片主要采用硬锤锤击法;石器主要以石片为毛坯,采用锤击法多在石片远端或两侧进行单向加工,刮削器是主要类型。石器工业面貌属于以石核和石片为主体的技术类型(模式1)。地貌、地层及石制品组合特征显示该地点可能形成于晚更新世早期。     

New Ichneumonids (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) from the Lower Cretaceous Khasurty Locality

A new species of Ichneumonidae, Amplicella minor sp. nov., is described from the Lower Cretaceous of Transbaikalia (Khasurty locality). The diagnosis of Amplicella mininae Kopylov, 2011 is amended. Ichneumonids from Khasurty are only represented by two genera, Amplicella and Khasurtella, both belonging to the subfamily Tanychorinae. This assemblage seems to be the most basal ichneumonid assemblage ever known.     

A cochleosaurid temnospondyl amphibian from the Middle Pennsylvanian of Linton, Ohio, U.S.A.

Two temnospondyl amphibian specimens from the Middle Pennsylvanian locality of Linton, Ohio, USA are described as Adatnanterpeton ohioensis gen. et sp. nov. , a member of the family Cochleosauridae and sister-taxon to the clade comprising the genera Cochleosaurus+Chenoprosopus. A. ohioensis is a very rare component in the large Linton vertebrate assemblage and may have been a relatively terrestrial form, perhaps similar to Cochleosaurus florensis from the contemporaneous lycopsid-trunk locality at Florence, Nova Scotia. An overview of the edopoid and eryopoid adaptive radiations is presented and it is argued that they were sequential radiations, each of monophyletic origin filling the same range of niches.     

Palaeontology of the Purbeck-type (Tithonian,Late Jurassic) bonebeds of Chassiron (Oléron Island,western France)

The paralic flora and fauna from the Late Jurassic of Chassiron (Oléron Island, western France) are described. The Tithonian-aged bonebeds of Purbeck facies of this locality have yielded a rich and diverse vertebrate assemblage including fishes, amphibians, reptiles and mammals, alongside numerous plant and invertebrate remains. The Chassiron locality thus appears as a peculiar Konzentrat-Lagerstätte in which most of the palaeoecosystem's biological components (both aquatic and terrestrial) have been preserved. The depositional environment was probably subject to salinity fluctuations, as indicated by the co-occurrence of freshwater and euryhaline organisms. This is one of the richest localities and the first mammal-bearing site known from the Jurassic of France.     

新疆哈密七角井遗址2019年调查新发现

七角井是新疆地区最早发现的细石器遗址,位于新疆维吾尔自治区哈密地区西北部、天山南麓东段的一处山间小盆地内。2019年调查首次在该遗址发现原生地层和一处保存较完整的活动面遗迹,遗址出土石制品847件,年代为1.1万年。分析显示,该遗址石制品以优质燧石为原料生产小石叶和细石叶,多为生产过程中的副产品;工具加工简单,体现出明显的权宜性特征;这些迹象表明遗址为一处打制石器的临时性活动场所。这一发现为探讨更新世末到全新世初中亚干旱区古人类适应方式与文化交流提供了重要材料。     

Hippotraginae (Bovidae,Artiodactyla, Mammalia) from the Late Miocene of Tuva

Fossil remains of Late Miocene (Baode, NMU10-NMU11) horse antelopes from Tuva (Russia) are described, including Tragoreas sp., Protoryx tuvaensis sp. nov. from the Taralyk Cher locality and Quirliqnoria sp. from the Kholu locality. A new species, Protoryx tuvaensis Dmitrieva et Serdyuk, is described. These taxa compose a Late Miocene antelope assemblage of a new eastern geographical point (Russia, Tuva, Baode, NMU10-MN11).     

A late early to early middle Eocene mammal assemblage from Bayan Ulan (Inner Mongolia,China): Implication for the reassessment of the Arshantan Asian Land Mammal Age

Paleogene mammal localities of North China are particularly well represented in the Erlian Basin, Inner Mongolia. Among them, the locality of Bayan Ulan is most famous for its late Paleocene Gashatan fauna. However, the younger Arshantan fauna of the same site is not well known, since no extensive study has been done so far. Here, we present a small mammal assemblage based on dental and tarsal material from a new Arshantan collection retrieved from the red beds of the late early to early middle Eocene Arshanto Formation at Bayan Ulan. It consists of at least six different taxa: the basal lagomorph Dawsonolagus antiquus, the large pantodont Pantolambdodon sp., the tapiroid Schlosseria magister, and the rhinocerotoids Hyrachyus crista and Rhodopagus guoi nov. sp. The assemblage is dominated by perissodactyls, especially Lophialetidae and Hyracodontidae. For the first time, p4-m1 of Dawsonolagus antiquus, tarsal material from Pantolambdodon sp., and lower dentition and tarsals of Hyrachyus crista are described and illustrated. Unlike other described Arshantan faunas, the Bayan Ulan Arshantan mammal assemblage has been collected exclusively from a single locality, which contributes to the reassessment of the misunderstood Arshantan Asian Land Mammal Age.     

Cretaceous small scavengers: feeding traces in tetrapod bones from Patagonia, Argentina

Ecological relationships among fossil vertebrate groups are interpreted based on evidence of modification features and paleopathologies on fossil bones. Here we describe an ichnological assemblage composed of trace fossils on reptile bones, mainly sphenodontids, crocodyliforms and maniraptoran theropods. They all come from La Buitrera, an early Late Cretaceous locality in the Candeleros Formation of northwestern Patagonia, Argentina. This locality is significant because of the abundance of small to medium-sized vertebrates. The abundant ichnological record includes traces on bones, most of them attributable to tetrapods. These latter traces include tooth marks that provde evidence of feeding activities made during the sub-aerial exposure of tetrapod carcasses. Other traces are attributable to arthropods or roots. The totality of evidence provides an uncommon insight into paleoecological aspects of a Late Cretaceous southern ecosystem.     

天津蓟县太子陵旧石器地点调查简报

太子陵旧石器地点于2005年4月发现,2005年5月又对其进行了复查。该地点位于天津蓟县东北部孙各庄乡清太子陵东侧冲沟西面的黄土台地中,在其浅黄色粉砂质黏土层和地表发现石制品58件,包括石核、石片、断块和石器。古人类选择地点附近的阶地底部河卵石为原料进行剥片和加工石器;硬锤锤击法为剥片的主要技术;石制品总体以小型和微型居多;石器主要以石片为毛坯,刮削器是主要类型;石器多由古人类在石片的一侧采用锤击法正向加工而成。地貌与地层对比则显示遗址的时代大致属于晚更新世晚期之末或全新世早期。     

丹江口库区宋湾旧石器地点发掘简报

丹江口库区宋湾旧石器地点位于河南省淅川县盛湾镇宋湾村三组, 埋藏于丹江右岸第三级基座阶地的红色黏土层中。2009年3～4月对该地点进行抢救性发掘, 揭露面积800㎡, 出土石制品353件。石制品包括石器、石核、石片类和断块等。古人类选择阶地底部河卵石为原料进行剥片和加工石器; 硬锤锤击法为剥片的主要技术; 石制品总体以小型和中型居多; 石器主要以石片为毛坯, 刮削器是主要类型; 石器多由古人类在石片的两侧采用锤击法加工而成。石制品特点显示中国南方砾石工业的面貌, 同时石制品组合中出现了小型刮削器和石片等北方石片工业的元素。地貌和地层对比显示该地点形成于中更新世。     

Geographical patterns of parasite infracommunities in the rough scad, Trachurus lathami Nichols, in the Southwestern Atlantic ocean

We assessed temporal variability in parasite infections of rough scad (Trachurus lathami) in 3 samples from Miramar (MI) in 2008, separated by periods of 1 mo, and 2 samples from Villa Gesell (VG), 1 each in 2008 and 2009 (Buenos Aires Province, Argentina), respectively. A sample was also obtained from Cabo Frio (CF) (Brazil) in 2009 to compare differences in parasite communities between fish from this locality and each Argentinean locality. All rough scad were parasitized by at least 1 of 27 parasite species. Similarity-based multivariate analysis revealed significant differences between localities, but temporal homogeneity in each Argentinean locality. Overall, prevalence and abundance of parasite species were most similar between samples from MI and VG, while the greatest differences occurred between samples from MI and CF. A canonical analysis of principal coordinates showed significant differences among samples. Grillotia carvajalregorum was the most important species in determining the position of Argentinean samples, especially those from MI, while Ectenurus virgulus , Raphidascaris sp., and Hysterothylacium sp. were the most important species related to fish from CF. The parasite assemblage of T. lathami showed a notable temporal persistence within the same locality and a high variability at the spatial scale, suggesting the existence of 3 independent stocks of T. lathami in South Atlantic waters.